Knox News

Knox News
This week in the Knox Community
Sunday, October 19
Anniversary Sunday
10:30am Worship Service and Kids’ Church
Tuesday, October 21
10am Coffee Plus
Wednesday, October 22
9am Knox Frocks
9:30am Prayer Time
7pm Women of Christ Bible Study
Thursday, October 23
9:30am Prayer and Planning
7:30pm Choir practice
Saturday, October 25
7:30am Breakfast Event
Sunday, October 26
10:30am Worship Service and Kids’ Church
These notices for Knox and the community are listed for
your information and attention. If you would like more
information, contact either a person listed with the event
notice, or one of the people on the bulletin back cover.
You can get more information about items with a double
underline on our web site, www.knoxbobcaygeon.ca.
Knox News Announcements: Please leave them in the
mail slot at the bottom of the stairs or send them to
[email protected] ‘Subject: Knox News’ to
be received no later than Thursday noon.
If you have a prayer request, please pass a note to
the pastor or to the duty elder.
Please remember in prayer…
✗ Carole & Ken Jones Carole is recovering from a fall
at Case Manor
✗ Gregory & Agnes Bangura in Sierra Leone, fighting
Ebola outbreak. Also, their mission office burned
down last week.
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✗ Irene Stark’s sister was killed in a car accident
September 7; her funeral was October 6. Irene’s
brother-in-law is out of the hospital and the parents
and child from the other car are also recovering.
✗ Sheila and Phil Mayville’s son-in-law Dave Yurick
is recovering from a heart attack.
✗ Ken and Marj Brown’s son Bobbie Brown is
recovering from surgery to repair a hole in his heart.
Another son, Kenneth Brown also has health issues.
✗ Pray for Alec Remenda, KC Bowcott’s 13-year-old
great-grandson undergoing a year of cancer treatment.
✗ Rev. Reg and Dale MacMillan’s daughter Naarah is
being treated for abdominal cancer.
✗ Betty Irving’s great-grandniece Jenna Shearer is
having seizures.
✗ John Treharne and Edith Bishop (Leola’s mother-inlaw) are in Ross hospital.
✗ Marguerite Adams-Miller, Muriel Flagler, Rosie
Ingram, Lloyd Moore, Jean Treharne, and Fran
Wylie at home.
Thinking of You… Margaret Martok
Pinecrest Nursing Home, 3418 County Rd 36
Bobcaygeon, K0M 1A0
We have received a new address for Joanne Redfern:
20 Queen St., Unit #16, PO Box 1395, Fenelon Falls,
K0M 1N0.
Thank you to Joe Rasmussen for putting together the
Thanksgiving display last week.
The Board would like to thank Ken Ingram, Brian
Eberts & Daid Roberts for cleaning the ceiling fans &
assisting with ight replacements.
~~~~~~~~~~This Week~~~~~~~~~~~
For children, we offer a KIDS’ CHURCH program:
“The Followers” (Grades K-6) Margaret Cosh is
teaching a curriculum she has created on “The Life
of Moses” for children up through grade 6.
“Ignite” (Grades 7-12) will be discussing the Youth
for Christ video series “Quest,” a contemporary
look at how faith and life connect. They’ll study the
book of John at a later date.
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COFFEE PLUS continues their study of the DVD series
JONAH: Navigating a Life Interrupted by Priscilla
Shirer. All ladies are welcome Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
The Women of Christ Bible Study have begun a study
on the Gospel of John. Any women who’d like to
join them Wednesdays at 7 p.m. are welcome.
Join the Breakfast Group Saturday October 25.
Everyone is welcome. Coffee is on at 7:30 with a full
breakfast served at 8 a.m. The guest speaker is Joan
Skelton, Director of Community Care Support
Services. She will be giving an updated overview
of the many services available.
~~~~~~~~Knox Future Events ~~~~~~~~
Knox Presbyterian Women invites men and women of
the congregation to join them at 1 p.m., Thursday,
November 6. Glad Bryce will give a power point
presentation on the RCAF, Women’s Division and
Nursing Sisters in WW2. This labour of love for
Glad resulted in a fascinating book First In, Last
Out. Over 100 interviews went into this compilation.
Books will also be for sale with all proceeds going
towards scholarships for post-secondary education
administered through the University Women’s Club
Heritage Fund. Please come and bring your friends.
~~~~~~~Community Happenings~~~~~~~
Check out flyers on the bulletin board in the
Fellowship Hall announcing…
✗ A seminar on “Safe and Secure Aging” in Lindsay
Thursday, October 23.
✗ “Filled and Overflowing,” a women’s weekend
November 7 to 9 at Fair Havens
✗ St. Paul’s Peterborough Bus Trip June 1-5, 2015, to
raise funds for their mission trip to Jacmel, Haiti.
~~~~~~~~~~~ General~~~~~~~~~~~
Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are here.
Thanks to those who have already picked up their
shoe boxes for OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. There’s
still time to pick one up if you haven’t yet.
Directions for filling them are inside the boxes.
Please return your filled shoe box by November 9.
Keep saving Bobcaygeon ValuMart and Foodland
register tapes. Our local grocery stores will donate
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up to $1,000 each based on the amount of receipts
turned in. So far, Debbi Risebrough reports, we’ve
collected enough to receive $ 507 from ValuMart
and $ 64 from Foodland at the end of the year. With
3½ months to go, can we work up to the maximum
donation? Please only turn in tapes from Bobcaygeon
Foodland and ValuMart. Thank you to Debbi for all
her hard work sorting and counting and totalling
the tapes.
Alzheimer Society annual campaign: Knox
Presbyterian Women are supporting this campaign
by placing a donation box by the Information
Centre in the Fellowship Hall. If you would like to
support your local society, just drop a loonie,
twonie, or loose change into the box. Information
on Alzheimer’s is also available for you to pick up.
Thank you for your support.
Is there a special hymn or Christian song you’d like us
to sing in worship? Take a moment to let us know
at the Hymn Suggestion Box in the Fellowship
Hall. Just fill out a slip with the title of the selection.
You can also tell us why that hymn or song is
meaningful for you. We’ll do our best to include
your favourites in worship.
Being a greeter is a great way to meet people in the
congregation. You hand out bulletins at the Joseph
Street entrance and offer a friendly greeting to people
as they come to worship. You also get to ring the bell
before the service, signalling now is the time to
worship, to praise our God. The greeters sign up list
is in the Fellowship Hall. Contact Leah Anderson
for more information.
September/October Today devotional booklets are in.
October readings look at “The Cross of Jesus
Christ.” Devotion author John Kuperus writes, “I
have heard numerous teachings about the cross,
and yet it seems like there is always more to learn
and absorb.” Take a copy, and please leave $2 to
cover the costs.
The Board of Managers is looking for a newer, (slightly)
smaller, more efficient freezer to replace the old
unit downstairs. If you have one you could donate,
or would be willing to trade, please call Dave
Roberts 705 738 2637 or Phil Mayville 705 738 1082.
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~~~~~~~ Mission & Stewardship~~~~~~~
Stewardship Moment:
“For it is in giving that we receive.”
— St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
Support our community youth by supporting the
Youth Unlimited Banquet and Auction. Donate
items for a “Golf” auction basket by November 16.
You can also support Youth Unlimited by coming
to the banquet/auction November 22 at the Fenelon
Falls Senior Centre. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner
at 6 p.m. $25 for a roast beef dinner and entrance to
auction. Or sponsor a table of 8 for $160. Sign up for
tickets on the sheet in the Hall (rides available if
needed).
Presbyterian Mission moment…
Equipping church leaders
Having a well-educated, well-prepared clergy is one of
the commitments of The Presbyterian Church in
Canada. Presbyterians Sharing supports three
Presbyterian Colleges in Canada: Knox College in
Toronto, St. Andrew’s Hall/Vancouver School of
Theology in Vancouver, and Presbyterian College in
Montreal. These colleges equip and nurture future
church leaders who will in turn equip and nurture the
people of God to witness faithfully in the world. They
provide a strong theological foundation, build
relationships of trust and respect, and prepare
students for ministry in The Presbyterian Church in
Canada. Let us pray for our theological students as
they work to become faithful leaders in our churches
and for the staff who inspire and educate them.
Service Helpers Our service this morning is made
possible by the prayers and gifts of our congregation,
with the specific help of the following…
Ministers:
Music Director:
Pianist:
Duty Elder:
Followers and Ignite:
Welcomer:
Board of Managers:
Rev. Paul D. Johnston,
Rev. Carey Jo Johnston
Ruth Eberts
Joyce Anderson
Myra Coene
Margaret Cosh, Karen Visser
Joan Matthew
Al Ingram, Doug McIntosh,
Gus Milne
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Presbyterian
Prayer Partnership
Sunday, October 19 Students and Colleges Sunday Pray
for university and college students as they manage a
heavy study schedule, develop new friendships and
become aware of their vital place in society.
Monday, October 20 Pray for Sisters in Spirit, a
national initiative to conduct research and raise
awareness of the 1,200 missing and murdered
Aboriginal women in Canada. Pray that their families
and communities will find justice and comfort.
Tuesday, October 21 Pray for the Rev. Dawn Griffiths
who serves as the convenor of the Ministry Committee
for the Presbytery of Newfoundland.
Wednesday, October 22 Pray for Prairie Presbyterian
Church, an amalgamation of Trinity and St. Andrew’s,
and Lighthouse Evangelical Arabic Church, a new
church development, as they grow together and share
in ministry in Winnipeg, MB.
Thursday, October 23 Pray for those discerning God’s
call to participate in the National Study Tours being
offered in 2015.
Friday, October 24 Pray for members of the Atlantic
Mission Society as they gather each month to support
with prayer, study and service the mission endeavours
of our church.
Saturday, October 25 For three years, Presbyterian
World Service & Development has been working to
improve maternal health in Afghanistan and Malawi.
Pray for continued health for mothers and babies.
Sunday, October 26 Reformation Sunday
Sola fides means “by faith alone.” On this Reformation
Sunday, may faith in God’s immeasurable grace
nurture hope and new life across the church.
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